MISCELLANEOUS. PRESIDENT WILSON'S WARNING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3575, 7 October 1916, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS. PRESIDENT WILSON'S WARNING.

':NOT TOO PROtD TO FIGHT IN A JUST CAUSE." PERTINENT. PRESS CBJTICISM. "PLENTY OF FIGHT IN THE NATION." '

(Received October 7, llliO a.m.) NEW .YORK; October (j

President- Wilson, speaking' during his election campaign at Omaha, said the United States was not too proud to fight in any good cause, but wquld not fight for petty things.

I The Opposition Press criticises this I statement, asking if the sinking; of tho ! Lusitiinia and the Sussex, and the Mexican border massacres 'were petty things. • " '- Speaking with reference to America's attitude- on the war, PresidentW,ilsojr sftid:—"lt is very important that'tho statesmen of the world should ■'■under-, stand America's position. America kept apart from the world conflict not because sh« was indifferent and,not because she was xinintorested, but |>e-i cnn.se she wanted to play a different part from that. The was has obscured European objects which have never been disclosed? Europe must tenderstand that befor^ive'exert 1 the foree'-of tliis nation, we will want to know what we aro asserting it for. There's as much fight in America as in any..nation in tho world. We want to always hold the force of America to fight for the rights of mankind, not property,.. We want all the world to know we are ready to use all our force to maintain peace among mankind. We want to look forward In the years—l wish I could say months-^-to come to the preservation of peace in the interest of mankind. The starting of wars can never again be a matter for decision by single nations. After the. war, America must join a League of Nations to preserve the peace .of" the worldi Washington advised us against becoming entangled in European alliances, but we must noti interpret that as meaning world j aliitinces. for we" ore part of the world."